00:00 Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport, but is played almost nowhere outside of former British colonies and can be confusing and time-consuming to play.

02:14 Cricket is an ancient sport that originated in England and became popular in the 17th century, with the first documented use of the word "cricket" dating back to 1597.

04:04 Cricket spread throughout the British Empire, but never gained much popularity in Canada or the American colonies, and the first international cricket match was between the United States and Canada in 1844.

06:10 Cricket is played with 11 players on each side, the goal is to score runs and avoid outs, and the game is played in an oval-shaped field with a pitch in the middle and wickets on either end.

08:09 The batter can hit or deflect the ball in any direction and can score multiple runs on a single hit, with the ball rolling beyond the boundary resulting in four runs and going over the boundary on the fly resulting in six runs; batting in cricket is not as much of a failure as in baseball, with a batter being able to score dozens of runs before getting out, and it is possible for a single batter to score 100 runs or more in an inning, known as a century; fielders in cricket have a larger field to cover and do not wear large gloves like baseball players; there are several ways to record an out, including hitting the wicket, a fielder hitting the wicket before the batter gets there, catching the ball in midair, and the batter interfering with the ball that would have hit the wicket; the bowler in cricket can bounce the ball off the ground and cannot bend their elbow, but is allowed to get a running start.

10:11 Cricket matches can last a long time, with international test matches lasting up to five days, one-day international matches lasting about eight hours, and 20-20 cricket matches lasting about three hours; the popularity of cricket in India has contributed to its status as the second most popular spectator sport in the world.

12:09 The Ashes is a test match series between England and Australia that originated in 1882, and it consists of five matches that can last an entire month.